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Adams-Stanford-Steen Home at Pine Apple, AL (built c. 1870; listed on the NRHP)

Judge and Mrs. Johnathan Newberry Stanford owned this home in the mid-1880s.  He served as Judge of Probate for Wilcox County from 1907-1917.  The house features double front doors with rounded-head “Italianate” windows and a semi-circular transom ligh …

Adams-Stone House at Pine Apple, AL (built ca. 1904, listed on the NRHP)

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams built this two-and-one-half story Queen Anne style home circa 1904. The home features multiple gables, wraparound porch on paired Tuscan columns, polygonal projecting bay and portico or “buggy way”. It contains the original mi …

Davidson-Jackson House at Pine Apple, AL (built 1903, listed on NRHP)

This two story Queen Anne style house was built in 1903. It contains a hipped roof with two cross gables, a wraparound porch with paired or cluttered Tuscan columns and pediment over central entrance bay, turned balustrade, and polygonal protruding bay …

Dr. Zeno House at Pine Apple, AL (ca. 1912; listed on the NRHP)

This is a two-story hipped roof house with a one-story rear ell. Features of the house include a recessed front porch on monumental paneled battered piers, a rounded attached north side porch on piers similar to the front porch, second story cantilever …

Hawthorne House at Pine Apple, AL (built ca. 1854; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP & ARLH)

The Hawthorne House, also known as the Col. J. R. Hawthorne House, is a historic plantation house located in east Wilcox County in the community of Pine Apple. The two-story wood-frame house was built circa 1854 for Joseph Richard Hawthorne by Ezra Plu …

Moore Academy at Pine Apple, AL in Wilcox County

Moore Academy was founded in 1882 by John “Trotwood” Moore, who was an author, archeologist, and poet.  The initial school was a two-story wood frame building.  The present brick structure was completed in 1923.  Its style is eclectic and typical of ea …

PINE APPLE HISTORIC DISTRICT Historical Marker

Pine Apple is a scenic community located on the east side of Wilcox County. The historical marker that’s shown is beside Hwy 10 on the west edge of Pine Apple, AL (GPS coordinates 31.874649, -86.995273). Below is the inscription on the marker. “Founded …

Pine Apple Methodist Church at Pine Apple, AL (built 1872, listed on the NRHP)

Founded by circuit riders as the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the first minister was Rev. A Gillis. Several additions have been made to the 1872 original building, including the present altar and front classrooms of the main sanctuary. The two-sto …

Powell-Grimes Home at Pine Apple, AL (built ca.1854; remodeled ca. 1893, listed on the NRHP.)

This is a one story hipped-roof Greek Revival house with a substantial turn-of-the-century front addition containing gingerbread trim.  Features include three decorative front gables, three-bay wide front porch, L-shaped back porch and small side porch …

Pugh’s Log Cabin at Awin, AL

This is a recently restored authentic log cabin that’s located near Pine Apple in the community of Awin.  Not much is known about the early history of this cabin. It was built in either the late 1800s or early 1900s. A former occupant of the cabin note …

Purifoy-Melton-Norred Home at Pine Apple, AL (built ca. 1840; moved ca. 1937; listed on the NRHP)

This house was originally built for William Madison Purifoy near Furman, AL circa 1840. Thomas P. Melton of Pine Apple purchased the house in l937. He hired noted contractor Tom McKee to dismantle the Purifoy house and reassemble it at its present loca …

Roberts Cabin at Pine Apple, AL (built early 1860s)

In the early 1860s, Thomas Henry Roberts built this log cabin at Mount Hope in east Wilcox County using yellow pine logs from his property. The logs are hand-hewn, dovetailed and double mortised, and the corners reinforced with wooden pegs. The front p …